Stocking



Sept. 20", 1932 I R. K. lNER Filed Dec.1 7, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 -INIVV'NTORQ fiyzwM/(Szizer 7, BY I i L ATTORNEY.

Sept. 20,1932. R. K. SINER 1,878,337

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to a flat full fashioned knitting machine in a manner well known in the trade. It is, of

course, to be understood that the end row of".

fabric may be sewed to the leg fabric but I prefer the topping on operation as it produces a neater connection at less expense.

In producing a stocking in accordance with my invention, the welt strip 5 is cut from the strip of fabric and its exposed row of loops 11 are topped onto the needles of a knitting machine. When this has been accomplished, the knitting machine is set into operation for continuing the knitting of a full fashionedleg fabric having its loops extending in the'customary manner, that is to say, longitudinally of the stocking and at right angles to the loops of my improved welt 1. After the le portion of the stocking has been completed and the foot ortion 3 completed by transferring to a footer the ends of the welt strip and the edges of the leg fabric are seamed in the customary manner.

Due to the warp construction of the welt, rupture of one of the threads will not start a run. in the fabric and due to the exact formation of the threads of the welt and the direction of extension of loops thereof, the elasticity of the welt in a longitudinal relation to the length of the hoseis considerably increased. Further, the construction of the welt is such that the same may be readily ornamented by changing the relative size and location of the diamond shaped openings defined by the threads. Due to the single thickness of the welt and the nature of the fabric, I produce a stocking without 8. turned welt and which positively will not curl at the free edge thereof.

I am aware that Patent #1,434,941 illustrates the use of a'cuif made from a material known as tricot and milanese but it is characteristic of this material that the loops extend angularly of the fabric which destroys one of the main objects of my invention, that is to. say, the extending of the loops lengthwise of the fabric to increase the elasticity thereof and facilitate topping on operations and further arrangement of a longitudinally extending exposed row of attached loops at one edge of the welt strip.

I am also aware of Patent #1,227,217 which shows the attachment of a warp fabric to a knitted fabric and therefore I am not attempting to cover broadly the attachment therefore I am not attempting to cover in this particular application thebroad idea of topping on a welt to a leg fabric but I am attempting to cover a method of producing a stoc ing which consists in topping on a warp knitted welt directly to a plain knitted stocking leg fabric. In concluding, I wish to stress the fact that I am of the opinion that I am the first to knit as a. warp fabric a relatively long strip of material, cutting this material into individual welt strips having distinctive structural features and topping these individual welt strips on a needle bar to continue the knitting of a stocking leg. I am also of the opinionthat I am the first to construct a stockin welt in a manner to have the loops thereo extend around the welt in circular series at right angle relation to the direction of travel of the loops in the stocking leg.

I am further of the opinion that I am the first to produce a warp knitted fabric strip with exposed loops along the longitudinal edge thereof for facilitating topping on operations or looping operations, the number of 100 s in the fabric having a definite relation with the number of loops in the stockin leg fabric.

I am also of the opinion that I am the first to use a warp knitted fabric welt of the special design illustrated to have considerable increased elasticity in a direction of the required expansion of the welt in the use thereof, that is to say, in a direction at right angles to the le of the stocking.

Therefore, I do not desire to be limited in protection in any manner whatsoever, except as set forth in the following claims.

What I claim is: I

1. A method of manufacturing fashioned hosiery which comprises forming the welt of r the stocking as a single thickness flat warp knit strip, topping selvage loops of the strip to the needles of a full fashioned knitting machine and continuing thereon the knitting of the leg of the stocking as a full fashioned flat knit web.

2. A inetho d of manufacturing fashioned hosiery which comprises warp knitting a web strip to form the welt of the stocking and continuing from the edge portion of the strip a fashioned flat knit web the loops of wh ch extend at right angles to the loops of the welt stri 3. A method of manufacturing hosiery which consists in knitting a strip of *warp fabric with finished longitudinal selvage edges, cutting the strip into individual welt strips, topping one of said selvage edges of each individual welt strip onto a needle group of a full fashioned knitting machine and knitting thereto a full fashioned leg web.

4. A method of manufacturing hosieryv which consists in knitting a relatively long strip of warp fabric of single thickness hav- I ing finished longitudinally extending selvage edges, cutting the strip into indivi ual welt strips and attaching to one selvage edge of each welt strip a leg fabric consisting of 6 weft stitches. a

5. A method of producing hosiery which consists in producing as a relatively long continuous strip a warp fabric having its loops extending longitudinally of the strip, cuttingv 10 the strip into individual welt strips, topping to each welt strip a leg fabric of weft stitches, the weft stitches extending at right angles to the loops of the well strip and seaming the ends of the welt strip together and the edges of the leg fabric together.

6. A method of manufacturing hosiery which consists in providing a warp fabric strip having exposed loops along a longitudinal edge thereof and top ing onto said exposed loops a leg knitted fa ric. a

7. In combination with a stocking leg of knit fabric having loops extending longitudinally of the leg, a welt topped thereto and formed from warp fabric having a relatively large series of loops extending around the welt at right angles to the loops of the leg fabric and coacting to produce a plurality of knitted threads of zigzag formation connected at spaced points to give increased elasticity to the welt.

8. In combination with a stocking leg knit fabric having its loops extending long1tudinally of the stocking and a w elt of warp knit fabric having its loops extending around the welt at ri ht angles to the loops of the leg fabric, sai welt further having an exposed series of loops along a longitudinal edge thereof of a number equal to and interlocking with the loops of the leg fabric.

49 9. A stocking having a wa-p knitted welt having a finished selva e edge provided with exposed loops to provi e a topping line readily manipulated for placing on knitting 5 ileedles and a leg knitted onto said exposed oops. v

10. A stocking welt warp knitted and of single thickness having both selvage edges finished with at least one provided with a row of topping on loops.

In testimony whereof I have signedthis specification this 10th day of December, 1931 v RAYMOND K. SIN ER. 

